The essence of art determines that it has the significance and function of beautifying people's mind and life.

Almost all modern aestheticians in China attach great importance to the independence of aesthetics and art. Wang Guowei affirmed that philosophy and art are "the most sacred and lofty people in the world who have no contemporary use" and "I hope that future philosophical artists will not forget their vocation and lose their independent status".

Our life is inseparable from the process of aesthetic activities, that is, feeling beauty, understanding beauty, creating beauty or aesthetic discovery, artistic conception and emotional expression. Because in our creative activities, "it is not just a simple artistic technique, but an expression of artistic emotion to realize aesthetic value."

Extended data

Art is an art that uses materials as a medium to create a rather static artistic image that occupies a certain plane or three-dimensional space. A social ideology that expresses the author's thoughts and feelings is also a form of production.

Art covers a wide range. Broadly speaking, it can be roughly divided into decorative art and practical art. As far as decorative art is concerned, it mainly includes painting and sculpture.

Painting, because of its different materials and tools, can be divided into Chinese painting, oil painting, watercolor painting, gouache painting, printmaking, sketch and other painting types. Sculpture also has various forms such as round carving and relief, and the materials used are stone, wood, mud, gypsum and bronze.